Improvement in ox-bows



2 ami e a AL-F ED no. MOORE, or LA; GRANGE, EXAS.

3 Letters liutent No. 103,355, dated May 5242, 187-0.

: rMPRovEMENT m ox-Bows.

The Schedule referred to in these Letters Patent and making part of thesame To all whomit may concern p Be it known that I, ALFRED L. D. MOORE,of La Grange, in the county of Fayette and State of Texas, have inventedanew andnseful Improvement in Ox- Bows; and I do hereby declare that thefollowing is'a full, clear, and yexact description thereof, which willenableothers skilled in tbeartto make and use the same, reference beingbad to' the accompanying drawing forming part of this specification.

The object of this invention is to provide auoxbow which shall notrequire-bending, and which may be made in parts of the country wheretimber suitable for bcndingis scarce; and it consists of making the bowin sections, or partly of wood and partly of metal, as will behereinafter more fully described.

The accompanying drawing represents a longitudiual section of anox-bow,constructed according to invention. 7 e \imilar letters of referenceindicate corresponding parts. V y 7 A is the lower 'portion'orneck-piece of the bow, which is made of metal or of any other suitablematerial, with socket holes init-s ends or with other provisionforsupporting the straight portions or sides of v the bow. j

B 13 represents the sides or straight portions.

These side pieces B are secured in the curved part A, by means of thescrew-pins O 'O, or in any other suitable manner.

The tenons E E may extend entirely through the curved or neck-piece A,or only part way through as may be desired. They may be connected withthe outside of the neck-piece A, by means of bolts or rivets, in whichcase the socket holes will not be required. I y

The neck-piece A may be made either solid or hollow (aside from thesocket holes above referred to,)

and of any form desired so long as the proper curve for the neck of theox is secured. By this method of forming the bow of an ox-yoke,

almost any timber maybe used.

' The curved portion or ueck-piece A may be made of iron, (either castor wrought,) or of any material suitable for the purpose. 1 a

' Having-thus described my invention,

' I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Pat ent- Oonst-ructingox-bows in sections, partly of woodand partly of iron, or other suitablematerial, substan-- tiallyas herein shown and described.

AFRED L. D. MOORE.

Witncsses:

G. W. GREGORY; JAMES J. 'HoLL'owAY.

